Bottle-stopper.



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G. KIRKEGAARD. BOTTLE STOPPER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10, 1906.

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GEORG KIRKEGAARD, OF NEW YORK, N. 'Y.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

A li ti fil d November 10,1905. Serial No. 286,663.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORG KIRKEGAARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, in the borough of Brooklyn and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in bottlestoppers, and has for an object to provide a key-controlled bottle-stopper of improved construction which upon being unfastened may, with its fastenings, be entirely removed from the bottle and may be again applied to a bottle, the parts being so constructcd and organized that their fastening and unfastening does not injure them.

The stopper herein illustrated has a cap or stopper of suitable construction for closing the bottle upon which it is to be employed, and such cap or stopper carries two sets of hooks radially disposed upon opposite sides of the cap for engaging the lower and slanting face of the bead or flange at the bottlemouth. A key-controlled eccentric cam is mounted upon the cap for radially drawing one of the hooks toward the others, causing all the hooks to impinge and ride down the slanting face of the bead, and thereby draw the cap or stopper against the bottle-mouth for closing the same.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a bottle, showing an embodiment of a form of my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a portion of a bottle-neck broken away and the said improvement shown in central section. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the cam of a different form from that shown in the other views. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the movable engaging member or hook made of sheet metal, in the other views such hook being shown made of wire; and Fig. 6 is a side view of a form of cap for use with the hook shown in Fig. 5.

The bottle (designated in a general way by 11) has a neck 12, ending in a mouth 13, having a thickened rim or bead 14, the lower side of which slopes inwardly toward the normal neck, a suitable sloping face for the purpose of the present invention being indicated by 15. The stopper or closure comprises a sheet-metal cap portion 20, having a flange 21 for partially overlying the bead on the edge of the mouth and may contain some suitable packing 22, which may be a disk of cork, the nature of the packing being controlled to some extent by commercial reasons and by the nature of the contemplated contents of the bottle.

The flange 21 may continue, as at 25, at one or more places on one side of the cap and form hooks for engaging the lower or sloping face of the bead. Upon the other or opposite side the flange may be continued, as at 26, and be bent back upon itself and have an opening 27 for guiding a clamping member which comprises a slide portion 29 and a hook 30 for engaging the sloping face of the bead upon its radial movement upon the stopper or cap. The slide portion terminates in an eccentric-strap 21, the cap portion having a pivot-pin 32, which may be struck up from it, and on which pivot an eccentric 33 is mounted, said eccentric being embraced by the eccentriestrap carrying the movable hook. Revolution of the eccentric upon its pivot will cause it to draw the hook against the sloping face 15 on the bottle-neck and securely clamp the closure in place. In the form illustrated the movement of the hook is radial of the cap. The drawing of the hooks inwardly on said face or sloping abutment 15 will cause them to ride downwardly on such face, and thereby draw the cap or stopper down on the bottle-mouth and securely close and seal the same.

The eccentric, as illustrated in Fig. 2, has openings 34 for a key or spanner by which the eccentric may be turned and the stopper fastened and unfastened. This prevents accidental unfastening of the bottle and the opening of the bottle Without a proper tool.

In Fig. 4 the eccentric is shown provided with lugs 35, so that in case the proper spanner or key is not at hand the bottle may be opened by use of some convenient implement, such as the back of a knife or a tablefork. This form guards against accidental operation of the eccentric, but affords means by which the bottle may be opened by an instrument not specially designed for such purpose.

The movable hook and the eccentric-strap may be made of such material and form as will be found desirable in practice. Two formswire and sheet metal-are illustrated herein.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. A bottle-stopper embodying a cap having a rigid hook on one side and a movable hook at the opposite side, an eccentric pivoted on said cap, and an eccentric-strap surrounding said eccentric and fast With said movable hook.

2. A bottle-stopper embodying a cap having a pair of hooks rigidly secured to one side, a shiftable hook carried at the opposite side, and a key-controlled eccentric for actuating said movable hook.

3. A bottle-stopper comprising a sheet 'metal cap having a pivot struck up from it and having means for engaging the bead of a bottle-mouth, an eccentric mounted on said bent up past the top of said cap, a disk eccen- I vtrically mounted on said pivot and having key-engaging faces, a hook having a portion guided by said ear-opening, and an eccentric-strap surround-ing said disk and carrying said hook.

5. A bottle stopper comprising a cap, hooks carried by the cap for engaging the bead adjacent to a bottle-mouth, and one of which hooks is immovable relatively to the cap and another of Which is movable radially of the cap, and a key-controlled eccentric for moving said movable hook.

6. A bottlestopper comprising a cap for closing the mouth of a bottle, a number of hooks carried thereby for engaging a retaining-face adjacent to said mouth, one of Which hooks is movable and a plurality of Which are immovable relative to each other, and an eccentric connecting said hooks for clamping them upon the bottle-mouth.

In Witness whereof I subscribe my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORG KIRKEGAARD.

Witnesses:

WALDO M. OHAPIN, FRANK S. OBER. 

